How To Training Martial Art: Martial Dance

These are 3 exercise activities often trained in martial dance clubs like Wushu Taolu, Karate Kata, Taekwondo Poomsae, Kenpo Kata, Tai Chi and Pencak Silat.

1. Warming Up

Begin your training with stretching exercise slowly.

Once finished, take a short break for 1 minute.

2. Choreography Training

In martial dance clubs, they use "Colorful Belts" rank system to make the training process easier. Each belt ranks must mastering 1 new choreography / martial dance form.

For example is in Karate Kata club: White belt must mastering Heian Shodan (1st choreo), yellow belt must learn Heian Nidan (2nd choreo), green belt must learn Heian Sandan (3rd choreo), blue belt must learn Heian Yondan (4th choreo), brown belt must learn Heian Godan (5th choreo) and black belt must mastering all basic choreos (plus some advanced choreos).

Once finished, take a short break for 1 minute.

3. Cooling Down 

End your training with cooling down slowly.

Kyokushin

Kyokushin (極真) is a hybrid fighting style created in 1964 by Korean - Japanese Masutatsu Oyama. Mix of Karate and Kickboxing.

Between 1946 and 1950, Mas Oyama trained Karate at Kanbukan Dojo, Karate was practised with Bogu / protective gear (Bogutsuki Karate) which allowed for delivering strikes with full force without fatal injuries. Kanbukan training have influenced Oyama's full contact fighting mentality.

In 60s, Open - Mixed Martial Art Tournaments are very popular. Sadly, there are many Japanese Karate fighters who lose against foreign martial arts like Muay Thai - Kickboxing - Boxing at that time. Oyama want to created new Karate style which dynamic and effective against other modern fighting styles like Boxing and Muay Thai. Then Oyama created his own powerful fighting style named Kyokushin.

Taikiken

Taikiken (太氣拳) is a Japanese martial art created by Kenichi Sawai in 1947. Developed from Kungfu he learn from Wang Xiangzhai, founder of Yi Quan school.

Kenichi Sawai was colonel in Japanese army during World War 2. In 1931, he moved to Manchuria (China), he met and asking Wang Xiangzhai for duel. He made several attempts to defeat Wang, including one where he fought with a shinai whilst Wang used only a stick. However, Kenichi was defeated each time. Kenichi subsequently pleaded for a week to be taught Yi Quan by Wang. Initially, Wang had principle of not accepting foreign students, but saw Sawai's enthusiasm as earnest and took him as his pupil.

Kenichi returned to Japan in 1947. Since Yi Quan was a foreign style, Sawai had to rename the style in order to spread it to native Japanese people. Initially, the style was to be called Taiseiken, but with permission from Wang Xiangzhai, he added a single letter "ki", and founded Taiki Seiseikenpo (Taikiken). Subsequently, he started practising with a few disciples at Meiji Shrine. Following the Taoist teachings of his teacher, he practiced in nature and did not have a permanent dojo.

Krav Maga

Fighting style created by Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld in 1948.

Having grown up in Bratislava during a time of anti-Semitic unrest, Lichtenfeld used his training as a boxer and wrestler to defend Jewish neighborhoods in the mid-to-late 1930s. After his immigration to Mandatory Palestine in the late 1940s, he began to provide lessons on combat training to Jewish paramilitary groups that would later form the IDF during the 1948 Palestine war. As an instructor, he compiled his knowledge and experience into the combat system that would later become known as Krav Maga.

Modul Materi Latihan Digital (PDF - Bahasa Indonesia)

Berikut saya lampirkan beberapa modul materi latihan digital (PDF - Bahasa Indonesia) yang biasa saya berikan kepada murid - murid saya, untuk mempermudah proses belajar mereka:

1. Boxing:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g42pu6tBrAa1W4pCcbG8F-HnLcJNuAom/view?usp=drive_link

2. Kickboxing:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KaPTSlYyRPBMhDu45k-ExRN8BfGmzamO/view?usp=drive_link

3. Jeet Kune Do:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10cXy89m1iX0CKtevWV8jvdAHTb4hVFuI/view?usp=drive_link

4. Karate

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1De45LHRVjK2hLtIvZ-TXkeoyPVT2nH2E/view?usp=drive_link

5. Karate Kata

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iWB23fkIYtI_qxbmkFUhk-SfWQmhdbZl/view?usp=drive_link

6. Taekwondo

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1afwo8bqyyaKMZuddgBEHaJo5eRj2Yc1h/view?usp=drive_link

7. Aikido

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qjNfXn_i4sEFpCuFc4EZH6dAXKupqXqW/view?usp=sharing

Pada dasarnya, semua beladiri / gaya tarung memiliki prinsip yang sama: Hajar duluan ke titik lemah lawan sebelum kena hajar. Yang membedakan hanyalah gaya kuda - kuda dan pilihan jurus pukulan - tendangan dasarnya saja (tergantung selera master / guru besar / pendiri masing - masing perguruan).

Setelah murid - murid menguasai Jurus Dasar dengan baik, barulah pelatih mengajarkan jurus tingkat lanjut yaitu Jurus Sikut Lutut (Elbow - Knee Strikes), Jurus Totok (Pressure Point Strikes) dan Jurus Tangkisan (Blocking) yang sebenarnya di seluruh perguruan ya juga sama saja prinsipnya.

Defense Techniques

There are 3 defense techniques taught in both Asian and European martial art schools:

1. Blocking

Redirecting or stopping the incoming strike.

2. Trapping

Grab and pinning down the opponent’s arm, then strike back.

3. Intercepting

Mix of both offense and defense.

When your opponent gonna strike, hit first before they hit you. Quick straight motion techniques are very useful here.

Elbow & Knee Strikes

Close range strikes, very useful for limited space combat where normal strikes can’t launched well.

Taught in both Asian and European martial art schools as advanced self defense technique.

Pressure Point Strikes

Painful strikes aimed to opponent weak pressure points.

Taught in both Asian and European martial art schools as advanced self defense technique.

How To Land A Side Kick

These are how to land a side kick to KO your opponent fast.

How To Land A Round Kick / Hook Kick

These are how to land a round kick / hook kick to KO your opponent fast.

3 Types Of Martial Art Glove

Based on usage, there are 3 types of martial art glove:

1. Cloth Glove

Thin glove made from daily cloth, used to absorb sweat on our hand in various sport activities.

Often used inside Boxing glove to absorb the sweat. Some boxers prefer to use hand wrap like ancient Greek - Roman style.

2. Training Glove

Thin but hard padded glove, used to weightening your hand and protecting your fist while punching heavy bag.

This hard glove is unsafe for sparring / tournament because it hard construction will injure your opponent, feels like got punched by brass knuckle.

3. Fighting Glove

Thick but soft padded glove, used to reduce your punching power in sparring / fighting tournament so your opponent will not be injured too badly.

This soft glove is unsafe for heavy bag training because it soft construction can’t protect your fist well against hard object like heavy bag (hitting human target is totally different, because you opponent will pushed back so the impact won’t crashing your fist too much).

Note:

By the way, you don’t need to buy those all expensive products forcefully. Just buy product you’ll use in your training.

For example is me. I only use daily cloth glove for training, because my martial art training is focus on daily cardio exercise - self defense aspect. Shadowboxing / hitting the air exercise is already enough for me because i am no longer working as professional fighter (unlike when i still active in high school Karate team, now i don’t need to buy fighting glove and other expensive protectors).